From the Boston Globe:
A likable president, but not quite credible
Of course, the headline refers to the new Geena Davis drama, “Commander in Chief,” in which Davis gets promoted from the number 2 post after the real President dies.
I don’t know how anyone could be elected Vice President with this picture floating around:
Lets talk science, and lets talk “science.” Facts hurt the right wing, we’ve known it for a while. This article does a pretty good job at summing up lots of the nonsense that goes on. A good read.
But when policies involving human biology and behavior are being hammered out, faith alone isn’t always sufficient to win over voters and decision-makers. At such times, a bit of scientific evidence comes in handy, and some of the Religious Right’s operatives aren’t too choosy about where they get it.
They talk about seven claims of the religious right, and then the actual facts.
George Pataki has decided not to run for reelection. I’m heartened by this. It’s only a matter of time before Mitt Romney makes a similar announcement. NY and MA have seen more than enough Repug governors. It’s time for the Governor to be representative of the voters. I can’t imagine Pataki just going into retirement.
Is he considering a higher office? Surely he can’t be considering the White House, he’s too boring and too moderate. Maybe he wants to give Hillary some competition next year? If he’s smart, he’ll follow Guiliani’s example, start a consulting firm in NYC, and make shitloads of money. That’s the pasth I hope Romney follows, he can go back to work for the raiders at Bain. Although, I doubt that’s Mitt’s plan.
It’s pretty clear that Romney plans to run in 2008, actually it’s obvious. Especially after he vetoed the emergency contraception legislation and wrote a moronic letter to the Globe to explain his reasoning. I don’t think he can come back from that stance in this state. Moderate mothers, charmed by his good looks in 2002, won’t support the man after taking such an anti-woman stance.
Kerry Healey as the Repug gubernatorial nominee would be a laugh riot, I can’t wait. Check out the links between her husband’s company (just look at all that fucking money) and the Massachusetts Repug party. Surprisingly, Beverly Farms, MA is the power center of Massachusetts Repugs. The Healeys live at 10 Curtis Point (nice huh?), her husband’s company is just down the road (the big building on the hill), the Mass GOP chairman Darrell Crate is further down the road, and Crate’s parents just moved to nearby Oak St.
The question is, how creepy can I get with Google maps?
The Democrats better not fucking back down in this upcoming fight.
UPDATE: Is it possible for a Justice to promise to retire once a replacement is nominated, but then rescind that promise if that Justice deems the replacement to be unworthy of the Court?
No.
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic church is liable to launch a global offensive against infertility treatment following its victory in an Italian referendum last week, a leading expert said on Sunday.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly approved a ban on the so-called morning-after pill on state college campuses, a restriction that would be the first in the nation if approved.
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Lots of people are going to hell for what is happening to this kid.
Wake up people. If you think that reproductive rights are anywhere close to safe, you are a fucking fool.
This is absolutely fucking ridiculous and infuriates me to no end.
FUCK TEXAS!
What’s the big deal with Larry Summers?
It’s not like he discounted social and institutional impediments that lead to women’s level of unsuccess in the sciences. When an academic raises questions, however unseemly, he/she is doing his or her job. Men and women are different in so many ways, maybe scientific aptitude is just another example. Just look at racial differences (i.e. black men vs. white men as far as penis size and basketball skills or white men vs. asian men in regards to penis size and table tennis skills), if those aren’t innate differences, I don’t know what are.
I hate Summers for a host of other reasons, including his adherence to Neoliberal economic policies and his nonhuman consumption Diet Coke, but his recent gaffe is just plain boring.
I hope people keep complaining about leaders at Harvard. Maybe if they keep forcing people out for ridiculous and overblown reasons (asking questions, making too much money for the endowment), Harvard will lose its undeserved prestige as the be-all and end-all of American Academia.
Good riddance; I fucking hate Harvard.